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CVE ID: CVE-2014-8817

Description: coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of xpc_dictionary_get_value API return values during handling of a (1) match_mmap_archives, (2) delete_mmap_archives, (3) write_mmap_archive, or (4) read_mmap_archive command.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8817
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=80
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
XForce ISS Database: macosx-cve20148817-priv-esc(100496)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100496

CVE ID:	CVE-2014-8817
Description:	coresymbolicationd in CoreSymbolication in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that expected data types are present in XPC messages, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app, as demonstrated by lack of verification of xpc_dictionary_get_value API return values during handling of a (1) match_mmap_archives, (2) delete_mmap_archives, (3) write_mmap_archive, or (4) read_mmap_archive command.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8817 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=80 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 XForce ISS Database: macosx-cve20148817-priv-esc(100496) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100496